During my final day in Cape Town I got the chance to join in with some data collection for a masters student at the University of Cape Town. I love fieldwork, especially when it involves being in, on or around the sea. When Steve Benjamin of Animal Ocean – a marine adventure company based […]

Photo: Morne Hardenberg Sharks were becoming a highlight of my scholarship year and as I surfaced from each dive alive and bite free I was becoming ever more confident. I had just spent a few days in Perth, Western Australia, where reports of shark attacks were abnormally high. I was visiting the 2008 OWUSS Scholar […]

  It struck me quite suddenly – since arriving in New Zealand I had been diving every single day. Not such a bad thing. But, when you are in a country boasting some of the most incredible landscapes the world has to offer it would be a crime to pass through without taking time to […]

Following on from my week of diving in the Poor Knights Islands I headed further north towards the Bay of Islands. As the coach wound its way through the sprawling landscape I was captivated by what is New Zealand’s stunning and endless expanse of flourishing green countryside. Despite the landscape being one of the most […]

Photo: Laurnet Bernard   The Poor Knights Islands have been classified as a marine reserve since 1981, with a complete ban on all recreational fishing coming into effect in 1998. It is a unique and flourishing environment – a special place to dive. A weekend spent diving in the Poor Knights with Pete Mesley as […]